What is a Trakheesi permit?

The Dubai Land Department permit that authorises a licensed broker to advertise a property. Ours is on every advertisement.

How are Dubai broker fees and commissions calculated?

On a resale, 2 percent of the price plus 5 percent VAT, paid by the buyer at transfer. The DLD 4 percent transfer fee is separate.

What is an escrow account in a Dubai property purchase?

RERA requires off-plan projects to be funded through a developer escrow account. A regulator mechanism, not a broker one.

About Oliva

Advice you pay for is advice that can say no.

Most property advice in Dubai is free because it is not advice. It is sales.

Ours costs AED 1,500, and you pay before you hear the verdict.

Your broker is a named person. Javier Sanz. RERA BRN 1573501. DLD broker card 92025.

Check both on the Dubai REST app.

Why we exist

Buying from abroad means trusting people who are paid only when you say yes.

You are entitled to the numbers before you commit, from someone who can afford to say no.

So Oliva is buyer-side, on apartments under AED 2.5M.

Where we are still conflicted

Our fee is a share of the purchase price, so we earn more when you buy.

On off-plan the developer pays us, so representation costs you nothing. The larger conflict, not the smaller.

Reduced, not removed.

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What it costs us to tell you not to buy.

What you pay

AED 1,500

One report, one project, paid before the verdict exists. Credited against our fee if you buy, spent if you do not.

What a no costs us

AED 23,500

Our fee on an AED 1,250,000 apartment is AED 25,000 plus VAT. A no keeps the 1,500 and loses the rest.

The verdict can be do not buy on a project that pays us.

The criteria are published before you pay: a price above what comparables registered at, or a yield the service charge takes.

See the full fee table

How the firm is built

We never represent the seller of a unit we advise you on.
We read 350,035 registered Dubai Land Department sales and 2,181,964 Ejari leases, audited 12 August 2026, at project and area level.
Every fee we can earn is published on one page.

What you can buy

The underwriting report. One project, generated and sent automatically. It ends in one word: buy, negotiate, or do not buy.

Then eight optional steps, from sourcing to resale.

Read a sample report. See the eight steps with prices.

Javier Sanz Alvarez, founder of Oliva, in a navy suit and glasses against a plain background.

Who you are talking to

Javier Sanz Alvarez holds the licence, signs the report and answers the WhatsApp.

Legal entity: Oliva DB Properties CO. L.L.C. S.O.C.
Office: Ontario Tower, C1801, Business Bay, Dubai
Contact: WhatsApp only, +971 50 852 1658

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What we have not done yet

Oliva has not completed a property transaction. No clients, no case studies, no track record.

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How a licensed Dubai real estate broker works

What is a Trakheesi permit?: The Dubai Land Department permit that authorises a licensed broker to advertise a property. Ours is on every advertisement.
How are Dubai broker fees and commissions calculated?: On a resale, 2 percent of the price plus 5 percent VAT, paid by the buyer at transfer. The DLD 4 percent transfer fee is separate.
What is an escrow account in a Dubai property purchase?: RERA requires off-plan projects to be funded through a developer escrow account. A regulator mechanism, not a broker one.